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NEWS ABOUT: child star

child star stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - Jason Bateman ought to be a drunk or dead by now. A child star on Little House on the Prairie and a slew of forgettable '80s roles, Bateman turned to boozing, snorting, and smoking up on wild all-nighters. "Shutting that off was key," he tells Steve Kandell... More »

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Hollywood • film • child star • movies • Jason Bateman

 Slumdog Star's 'Illegal' 
 Home Demolished 

Family had lived there 15 years

May 14, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mumbai officials tore down the home of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail, calling the slum dwelling illegal construction. Ismail’s mother says the family lived there 15 years before police arrived unannounced. “We didn’t even get a chance to remove our belongings,” she tells the Telegraph.... More »

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India • Mumbai • child star • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • Jay-ZTV

 No Sex Until 
 Marriage: Miley 

Singer may be growing up, but plans to hold on to virginity

May 1, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus “can’t be the 12-year-old who just moved to LA forever,” the starlet tells the Daily Mail with regard to her rapidly deteriorating innocence—but “I want to keep my virginity until I marry. I was brought up in a Christian family.” The 16-year-old... More »

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entertainment • child actors • sex • child star • Miley Cyrus • virginity

 Slumdog 
 Dad: I'm Not 
 Selling My Kid 

Rumors part of a 'dirty' media scheme, he says

Apr 20, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali tells the BBC he’s not selling his daughter, contrary to a News of the World report he called a “dirty” scheme. The media “made fun of our poverty,” Rafiq Qureshi said. “They tricked us into this... More »

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adoption • India • Mumbai • child star • sale • Slumdog Millionaire • Rubina Ali • Rafiq Quresh

 Slumdog Makers Say 
 Kids Weren't Exploited 

Filmmakers deny they underpaid children

Jan 30, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The creators of Slumdog Millionaire are taking the offensive to rebut accusations that the young Indian actors in their film were exploited, People reports. Claims surfaced earlier this week that two of the child actors, still living in the slums of Mumbai, got a raw deal. But director Danny Boyle... More »

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child actors • India • salary • poverty • Mumbai • child star • controversy • Slumdog Millionaire

Rapper, 6, Touts
Obama to Peeps

YouTube hit makes campaign volunteer
shortie a star

Jan 19, 09 2:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the historical context of Barack Obama's victory may be lost on "Lil Yani," the president-elect has made the 6-year-old very proud—enough to produce a rap tribute that's fast becoming an online hit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Like the other upbeat raps from the charismatic Californian,... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • children • toddler • child star • rap music • inauguration • President Obama

Tabloid Alter Ego Leaves
LiLo Cold

Overexposed star reflects on youthful antics, career fallout

Jan 8, 09 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - At 22, Lindsay Lohan is burdened by regrets, and she finds a sympathetic listener in retired supermodel Lauren Hutton, who sits down with her for Interview. "In  terms of what people see of me, I have become this girl who just loves to be photographed, doesn't know how... More »

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Hollywood • film • Lindsay Lohan • paparazzi • Scarlett Johansson • child star • actor • Alfred Hitchcock • Lauren Hutton

 Former Child Pilot
 Commits Suicide 

Youngest person to ever cross the Atlantic dead at 26

Mar 19, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vicki Van Meter, the girl who at age 11 astounded the nation with a 5-hour cross-country flight, is dead at 26, the AP reports, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Van Meter’s trans-continental flight was a record at the time, and a year later she became the youngest pilot... More »

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suicide • obituary • pilot • child star • Peace Corps • Vicki Van Meter

Actor Renfro Dead at 25; Cause Unknown

Child star of The Client had run-ins with police, drugs as an adult

Jan 15, 08 8:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Actor Brad Renfro, who kicked off his career at age 10 in The Client, was found dead at his Los Angeles home today, "Access Hollywood" reports. He was 25. The LA coroner's office confirmed his death; the cause of death is unknown and an investigation is under way. "... More »

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child actors • heroin • Los Angeles • obituary • child star • actor • Brad Renfro • Winona Ryder

Get Britney a Sequined Glove

Spectacular falls of pop's king and princess eerily similar

Sep 21, 07 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears' meteoric rise, suspect marriages, bad parenting, outrageous public behavior, not to mention her spectacular VMA flub—it's better than watching a train wreck, but we've seen this implosion before. The LA Times studies the pop princess' antics and finds an eerie resemblance to the fall of the King... More »

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Britney Spears • pop music • celebrity • Video Music Awards • Michael Jackson • child star

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